During the 1940s, jazz gradually parted ways with popular music. A new generation of modern ... In the 1950s, a more melodic style known as “cool jazz” gained widespread popularity, championed ...

Jazz great John Pizzarelli brought his cool jazz stylings to the Thomasville Center for the Arts Thursday evening, leaving toes tapping and heads bobbing in the fourth installment of Thomasville ...

The music originated in the African-American communities of New ... the rise of different breakout styles over the decades such as dixieland, swing, free jazz, cool jazz, and acid jazz. The etymology ...

This new sound, dubbed "West Coast Jazz," or "West Coast Cool," generated both excitement and controversy - and Dave Brubeck and his music were at the center of it all. Here jazz historian Ted ...

Cell Talk; Along Came Betty; A Cool Breeze; I'll Follow My Secret Heart; Shirley; Close Enough for Love; Moonlight on the Ganges; Frankie & Johnny; Poor Butterfly; 'Round Midnight; Tippin' In; Toni; ...

Enter to win tickets for Starbucks 28th Annual Hot Java Cool Jazz on Friday, March 28 at The Paramount Theatre.

While April 11 is a night of local big band music presented by Kaplan and ... The post Calling all cool cats — April is Jazz Appreciation Month in Philadelphia appeared first on Metro Philadelphia.

“Working with Jazz In the Neighborhood ... “People want special events, and we thought, how cool would it be to bring live music?” They built a tiny stage, just enough for a trio. Though, “We had a ...